Morning session:

• Who is typically detained and why
• What can you do to avoid your client having taken into immigration custody
• How can you best represent your client before the 48 hours Detention Review hearing
• Where are clients detained and why?

Detention Review hearings:
• what is the process and what are the legal tests involved
• what are the relevant considerations of board members
• who is a suitable bonds person and how is a bonds persons’ solvency calculated

Evidence at a Detention Review hearing:
• The outcome of a Detention Review hearing and how to execute an order for release
• Special cases related to immigration arrest and detention
 Long-term detention cases
 Security cases
 Identity cases

Ethical considerations:
• What does it mean that arguments are made based upon ‘information and belief’?
• What information must be disclosed?
• What does it mean to ‘indemnify’ a bondsperson?
• Competency

Afternoon session:

Two perspectives on Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications (Joel Sandaluk and Daniel Kingwell)

• What is the purpose of Humanitarian and Compassionate cases
• How is the evidence best presented in a Humanitarian and Compassionate Application and what are the most effective ways to draft legal submission
• What are the frequent pitfalls of Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications and primary grounds of refusal
• When and how should a Temporary Residence Permit be requested as an alternative to a Humanitarian and Compassionate Application
• When should Humanitarian and Compassionate Application be submitted
• How does the decision making at the Federal Court differ from the decision making made by immigration officers related to Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications
• Review of Federal Court jurisprudence concerning H&C applications

Disclaimer

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